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A dynamic causality test of imports and economic growth in Zimbabwe

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  • Kunofiwa Tsaurai

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This study investigates the dynamic nexus between imports and economic growth in Zimbabwe using time-series data from 1980 to 2011. Three dominant views describe the relationship between imports and economic growth. The first view states that imports drives economic growth, the second view argues that it is economic growth that spurs imports expansion while the third view maintains that both imports and economic growth promote each other. The study employs the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)-bounds testing approach to examine the imports-growth linkage and error-correction-based causality test to capture both the short and long run dynamics. This study discovered a unidirectional causality relationship running from economic growth to imports - without any feedback in Zimbabwe in both short and long run. The study, therefore, recommends that Zimbabwe should pursue pro-economic growth policies and strategies in order to tap the benefits that come along with imports.

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  • Kunofiwa Tsaurai, 2012. "A dynamic causality test of imports and economic growth in Zimbabwe," International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(3), pages 243-254.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijepee:v:5:y:2012:i:3:p:243-254
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    1. N.M. Odhiambo, 2021. "Is Export-Led Growth Hypothesis Still Valid for Sub-Saharan African Countries? New Evidence from Panel Data Analysis," Working Papers AESRI-2021-02, African Economic and Social Research Institute (AESRI), revised Jan 2021.
    2. Nyoni, Thabani, 2019. "Exports and imports in Zimbabwe: recent insights from artificial neural networks," MPRA Paper 96906, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Olufemi Adewale Aluko Adefemi A. Obalade, 2020. "Import-economic growth nexus in selected African countries: An application of the Toda-Yamamoto Granger non-causality test," Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, vol. 23(2), pages 117-128, November.
    4. Nicholas M Odhiambo, 2021. "Is Export-Led Growth Hypothesis Still Valid For Sub-Saharan African Countries? New Evidence From Panel Data Analysis," Working Papers AERI0121, African Economic and Social Research Institute (AESRI), revised 25 Aug 2021.

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